Hair of the Dog Adam

Brewed by Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Style: Traditional Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

A dark, foamy brew with a robust, tangy aroma of hops, alcohol, and malty sweetness. A bittersweet dark ale that is is similar to a sweet stout or a barley wine. This has a flavor of brown sugar and chocolate with alcohol warmth coming in and semi harsh hops in the finish. It is a little like alcoholic Turkish coffee plus prunes. It makes a big impact on the palate and clears out the sinuses. This is so sweet and potent that I want to drink it out of a small, slender glass or an expresso cup. I can see why they call it a dessert beer - try this instead of port or cognac someday.

A big beer with a huge billowing tan head that is very dense. This beer poured beautifully with a deep brown and red highlights. Great Alcohol warming with strong fruit (prune/raisin) and toffee flavors. Sweet, but balanced with assertive hops. A pleasant beer.

12 oz bottle courtesy of seaoflament. Pours a brown color with a one-inch tan head which dissipated very slowly. In fact, some remained throughout the whole drinking. Some residue from this bottle. Great lacing from the head. Wonderful aroma of wine-like fruit, alcohol with some smokiness. Wow, this is a unique and wonderful taste! Wine taste with fruit, smoke and some pepper with some carbonation. Alcohol warmth in the chest after swallowing. Thick mouthfeel at the beginning. Not so much at the end. Some hop bitterness at the finish. Very complex. Truly great brew! Wish I lived in the distribution area.

Bought from Bottle Trek. A completely different experience. Strong chocolate taste. Poured a heavy and thick head. Rich, complex brown flavors. Strong malts. An intense beer that, if I could get it on a regular basis, I would cellar. When you get a beer like this every once and awhile, however, cellaring is not an option. Desire takes over. Absolutely, fantastic beer.

According to the description this Hearty Old World Ale should be suitable for my taste as a birthday celebration. I was not let down! The 350ml bottle (batch no.68) was bought at Barley Wine, Copenhagen in early August and enjoyed at home in Tromsø. As the pour settles Adam reveals a huge and dense, beige head that rests on top of a dark rosewood body. Appealing aroma of flamed dark fruits mixed with hints of liquorice and chocolate. Almost divine flavour of mocha malts developing in the mouth with peppery and smoky notes towards warming coffee bitterness at the lingering finish. A truly robust and powerful drink with full palate (04.11.2007).

Bottle (35 cl) from Ølbutikken (or was it Barley Wine, I don’t remember), Copenhagen, Denmark. Dark reddish brown with an enormous creamy beige head, a crystal clear appearance 5. Intense caramelly and roasted malt aroma, with notes of toffee, chocolate, coffee, syrup, pine needles, and a clear yet discrete smokey component reminiscent of burnt manure (in a pleasant way). Alcohol is clearly present, but without being disturbing. Medium to thick in body with soft carbonation and velvetly smooth mouthfeel. Sweet but perfectly balanced by a firm and lingering bitterness. A truly amazing experience, quite similar to SN Bigfoot, but more complex and without the agressive bitterness of the latter.

Thanks to acertain for this bottle! Batch no. 68. Pours dark brown with thick, fluffy tan head, that disapates very slowly. Big time lacing similar to a honey comb. Grain, hops and toffee on the nose. Hops & chocolate on the mouthfeel. finish’s with a hint of smoke and malts. Nice warming qualities.

12 oz bottle - batch 67 (thanks to Crosling!). Pours a dark brown with a smallish creamy off white head that quickly recedes to a thin film that laces the glass.

The aroma is grainy chocolate, coffee, dark fruits and a little alcohol.

The flavor is sweet (sugary) and smoky chocolate, black licorice and vinous fruits with a tarry alcoholic bitter finish. As it warms, the alcohol overpowers the sweetness. The mouthfeel is medium to full and slightly watery with soft carbonation.

Overall, a very fine beer. It tastes a little like a super-charged Hibernation, but with more burnt tar and anise (which come out more as it warms). I liked it better colder.